Pitt Fun Facts
This is the name of Pitt's mascot.
Who is Roc?
Prior to registering for classes, you must meet with this person located in Thackeray Hall.
Who is your advisor?
These are the names of the 2 DEI Pyramids.
What are the Pyramid of Hate and Pyramid of Alliance (or allyship)?
This neighborhood is rich with Jewish culture.
What is Squirrel Hill?
You go to this location if you lose your Pitt ID.
What is Panther Central?
The year the University of Pittsburgh was founded.
What is 1787?
This is the number of credits needed to graduate with a Bachelor's degree.
What is 120 credits?
To maintain your financial aid, you must be enrolled in this many credits.
What is 12?
This popular Pittsburgh restaurant can be found in the Strip District, Oakland, the Southside, and many suburban locations.
What is Primanti Bros?
These are three of the many services you can use at the Hillman Library.
What are 3d printing and scanning, ETD's, GIS, Metadata, Text Mining, Digital Stewardship lab, Media production, Whisper Room Audio Booth, classroom books on reserve?
This individual invented the polio vaccine at Pitt in 1952.
Who is Jonas Salk?
To attain an official transcript, complete a grade option change, or apply for graduation, you go to this office.
What is Student Records?
These are the 2 countries that our student panelists studied abroad in.
What is Italy and Spain?
These are four of the many museums/locations that offer free admission to Pitt students with their ID.
What are: Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Carnegie Museum of Art, Andy Warhol, Heinz History Center, Phipps Conservatory, Soldiers and Sailors, and the Mattress Factory?
Your Pitt ID can be used for free transportation on these four modes in Pittsburgh.
What is the Pitt shuttle, Bus, The T, and the incline?
This is the name of the famous Pitt Alum featured on TV's Shark Tank.
Who is Mark Cuban?
Two of the many resources offered by Study Lab include these.
What is Tutoring, study skills, coaching, workshops?
This is one of the three DEI icebreakers we participated in to connect with others different than you.
What are What's in a Name, Dominoes, or What Makes a Group?
This neighborhood was the home of Pittsburgh's first successful blast furnace, the Clinton Furnace, that produced iron.
What is Station Square?
This building houses the Student Government Board, Study Abroad, Black Action Society, and Greek Life.
What is the William Pitt Union?
Home plate of this infamous field is located on the ground floor of Posvar Hall.
What is Forbes Field?
The Dietrich School offers this many majors and minors.
What is 112?
This is Maeve's major in the Dietrich School.
What is Environmental Science?
This neighborhood is packed with visitors on Saturday and Sunday mornings for souvenir shopping and unique groceries.
What is the Strip District?
This is the name of the dinosaur that stands outside of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
What is Dippy?